The end of the Conservative government after 14 years in power marks a huge reversal for Britain’s top two parties.
The Labour Party won a landslide election in Britain on Thursday, according to an exit poll, ending 14 years of Conservative Party rule bringing a new center left government to power.
Voters appeared to have conveyed their frustration with the incumbent Tories and a willingness to take a chance on a “changed Labour Party,” as party leader Keir Starmer calls it, purged of its hard-left elements and socialist rhetoric.
Starmer, 61, has promised to put “wealth creation” at the center of all the new government does, to rouse a sleepy economy, help young families buy affordable homes and bolster the beloved but stretched National Health Service.
Starmer and his team have vowed to be financially cautious with government debt at its highest level since the 1960s. Many assume taxes will rise.
Why Is Labour way ahead in Britain? The Democrats may want to inquire
